Carson City Deputies arrested one man and another male they think might be a juvenile for
allegedly taking two girls, 11 and 12 years old, from MIlls Park and sexually assaulting near the Carson River Tuesday night.
Enrique Lopez-Cervantes, 24, and another male whose identification showed he is 17, were arrested Wednesday night after detectives found them at Mills Park.
According to the arrest report, on Tuesday night detectives were called to Carson Tahoe Hospital to talk with the two girls, who said the were taken from Mills Park by two Hispanic males, provided alcoholic beverages and sexually assaulted somewhere near the Carson River.
The next day, detectives obtained surveillance video from a business where the two men allegedly purchased alcoholic beverages on the night of the assault.
Using images obtained from the video, detectives went to Mills Parks Wednesday night and located the two suspects and began asking them questions. According to the arrest report, the suspects provided detectives with several different names and birth days, and neither had any valid form of identification.
At this time, one of the victims unexpectedly arrived at the park with one of her family members and began crying, and pointed out the suspects as the males who assaulted her and the other victim. She also positively identified the vehicle belonging to Lopez-Cervantes as the car she was assaulted in. Detectives then arrested both suspects.
According to the arrest report, at the jail Lopez-Cervantes confessed to having sex with one of the victims, admitting that he knew she wasn't older than 14.
The other suspect at first denied having sex with either of the victims, but changed his story when detectives said they had recovered condoms at the scene of the assault. He then admitted that one of condoms was his, and they would find his semen in it.
Both suspects stand accused of felony sexual assault, felony lewdness with a minor under 14, and providing fake ID to a police officer, also a felony. Bail was set at $100,000 for each.
Detectives are still trying to confirm the name and age of the second suspect, who they suspect is either 17 or 22 years old.